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Sunday, October 01, 2006

The Jacob take down...

Jacob is freakishly strong. It has been said before and it gets more true every day. He has a trick that he does to Lauren. He has been doing it since he could walk. Even as a one year old he could literally take Lauren to the ground. He has a low center of gravity, he is strong and Lauren hasn't quite figured out how to fight back yet beyone shrieking for one of us.

I finally caught the elusive "Jacob takedown" on film.

First he comes up from behind her and wraps his arms around her waist. The first few times he did this Lulu thought he was giving her a hug. Umm. No.

Then he hooks his leg around her front leg and pulls it out from under her

Finally he drops his weight and just pulls her down with him. Sometimes he ends up on the top (which is fine for him b/c he can get away faster)

Other times he ends up on the bottom. No problem. He just pulls her hair until she flips him over and he is on top AND THEN he runs away.

There is no point to this exercise. He is not trying to get something from her. He is like a lion in the grass that waits for his prey. Poor Lauren HATES this (who can blame her?). We need to teach our girl how to defend herself. Also, note that he has an enormous smile on his face the WHOLE time.....and she is crying the whole time. My friends, that is what I am learning the difference between boys and girls is.

13 comments:

Hilarious! Oscar (my youngest) is constantly teasing his older brother to the point of tears. I finally told Henry to start acting like the bigger brother and not let the little guy push him around. Did I actually tell my 5-year-old to TRY to beat up his little brother?

I know why he's doing it. Because he wants to protect his sister. See, she's not dressing modestly and he recognizes that. All he's doing is what any brother SHOULD when his sister is 1/2 nekid. I applaud Cubby for his swift thinking ;o) LOL I love the play-by-play.

Poor Lauren, to have to go through this torture all the while knowing you are just standing there doing NOTHING but take pictures of her misery :) The girl will be scarred for life... oh well. Therapists need work too. :)

You have a point there. Half the time she thinks it is fun and the other half, not so much. This particular time she was laughing and was playing along so it isn't as bad as it seems. The phrase I hear out of the mouths of both of my kids at least 10 times a day "Quick mom, take a picture!!" or in JJ talk "cheese mom, cheese".

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I am living the good life in the City by the Bay with my husband and four great kids. Along the way to building our family we have learned more than there is to know about adoption, transracial families, Down Syndrome and bossy 8 year old girls. All that is left to master is cornrowing hair, getting to bed early and figuring out how to keep up with my laundry.